That's gotta' be a rare pic, specially in color! I see a boat in the background, Detroit River maybe? Two boats, actually-and owned by Ford as well??
Looks like the QLA. Just starting it's final leg of the Frisco's part of the journey. With a fresh QA&P crew, the shanty in the back ground, 4 F units lean into the tonnage at Quanah TX. Next stop, Floydada TX, where the the train will be handed over to the Santa Fe.
Houston Union Station in 1973 with Gulf Coast Chapter of the NRHS collection of cars. They are the former Kansas City Southern GOOD CHEER (lounge observation), the former Missouri Pacific coach 1141, the former Santa Fe sleeper VERDE VALLEY, ATSF RPO 3401 and SP&S mail storage car 50. The building has been preserved and is part of the ball park where the Houston Astros play.
The Pittsburgh & West Virginia's bridge over the Monongahela River at Monessen was the P&WV's biggest on a railroad with many large bridges. Note the three lowest spans over the river. This bridge section was included in the P&WV's structure for the Monessen Southwestern Rwy., but it was never used. This picture is from March 1950 and the train is headed by one of the P&WV's pioneering 2-6-6-4s, built by Baldwin in '34 and '37.
Thinking of forward-looking investments made that never came into use, the Western Maryland's Salisbury Viaduct was built to eventually accommodate two tracks. The viaduct on the WM's Connellsville Extension was completed in 1912 as a segment in George Gould's dream to assemble a transcontinental railroad by acquiring select lines. His dream failed with overextended finances and a single track proved sufficient for the remainder of the WM's llife. Note: The photo references the B&O because the WM crossed the B&O mainline and the Casselman River with this viaduct.
A third example of advance planning that never found use was the Lehigh & Hudson River's double track tunnel under the DL&W's Pequest Fill across northern NJ. Completed in 1911, the fill was a component of the Lackawanna Cut-Off and at the time, business was strong on the L&HR. It seemed quite reasonable to think that the L&HR might eventually be double tracked, so this enlarged tunnel was provided. The L&HR did indeed evolve into a vital and busy carrier, but double tracking was never found necessary.
While visiting the Anchorage Museum, I found all kinds of cool photos dealing with the Alaska Railroad hanging on the wall in the snack bar lounge area. I just took photos of them with my cell phone.
An eastbound Zipper races towards Minot and attempts to stay out of Amtrak's way on a late Friday evening at sunset.
"White Fleet" (I don't think it means what you think it means) Look near the reporting marks... Some potash cars behind CPKC 679 west in Minot:
Great Photo. It's 1955 or after because the NH is in McGinnis scheme. Was this photo taken at Boston's South Station? That's the only location I can think of where New York Central (Boston & Albany) and New Haven E units would be on adjacent tracks.
It's, at least, 1960 because NH FL9 #2058 was the next to last loco in the second batch, which were built during 1960. Indeed, the photo location is at South Station in Boston. The only other place, that occurs to me, in which those two locos could have been seen side-by-side - particularly between two platforms - is at Springfield MA. The NYC E8 would be on the B&A line and the NH FL9 would have come up from New Haven.
